Financing your next investment
Practical guides for double closings, rental properties, renovations, and your next exit.
Compare transactional funding quotes in dollars, including minimum fees, closing costs and delay terms. Work through an illustrative double-close budget.
Check contract contingencies, notice deadlines and deposit release before assuming your earnest money will come back after a canceled deal.
Translate gator funding into a specific request: contract deposit, double-close purchase or longer hold. Compare timing, repayment and required review.
Separate the deposit, down payment and closing costs with a worked example. See what changes when a third party funds the earnest money.
Build an earnest-money budget around the actual contract, deposit deadline and available cash instead of relying on a universal percentage.
Find the effective date, deposit deadline and delivery requirements in your contract. Prepare an EMD request before the deadline becomes urgent.
Understand what a proof-of-funds or preapproval letter actually confirms, which conditions remain, and what to verify before a double closing.
Understand why the resale matters to same-day funding, what changes when a buyer falls through, and when to discuss a different financing structure.
Separate credit checks from transaction review. Prepare the contracts, end-buyer funding and title details that support a double-close request.
Separate lending rules, wholesaling activity and settlement requirements before relying on a blanket claim that a double close is allowed everywhere.
Prepare a land double close with parcel details, both contracts and buyer funding. Learn what to ask a title company before scheduling.
Check the purchase lender’s source-of-funds rules before using a personal loan or EMD funder. Borrowed deposit money is not automatically acceptable.
Evaluate a gator funding offer by its provider, written terms, escrow process and repayment plan. A course badge or funding label is not verification.
Map a gator funding request from contract review to repayment. Identify the deposit need, written terms and what happens if the planned exit changes.
Separate creative-finance terminology from the actual loans, title transfer and repayment obligations. Know what to explain before requesting funding.
How investors fit bridge loans around 1031 deadlines: the 45-day and 180-day rules, common timing problems and a deadline tracker. Not tax advice.
The 70% rule says pay no more than 70% of ARV minus repairs. See the formula, worked examples, where it breaks down, and how lender ARV caps fit in.
A checklist for choosing a transactional funding lender: direct vs. broker, what they underwrite, cost, title flexibility and late-closing options.
How a blanket bridge loan covers several investment properties under one short-term loan, how release prices work, and a portfolio schedule template.
A bridge loan business plan and capital stack template: sources and uses, project summary, schedule and exit, ready to send with your application.
A bridge loan timeline from application to closing for investors: what happens at each stage, what slows it down, and a backward-planning calendar.
Bridge loan costs for investors in plain terms: points, interest, lender fees, third-party costs and carrying costs, plus a worksheet to total yours.
A bridge loan due diligence checklist for investors: title, condition, zoning, insurance, budget, market and exit checks to finish before you close.
A bridge loan exit strategy checklist: test your sale or refinance exit, build a Plan B, and track milestones so the payoff happens before maturity.
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